Acer Predator Helios 500 in-depth review

Almost every manufacturer sells gaming laptops. Most of them have a series that is 100% devoted to bringing the ultimate gaming experience to the world of notebooks, although not being very small or lightweight. ASUS has its ROG line up, HP sells Omen devices, Lenovo builds Legion, while a company like Dell owns Alienware. As you know from the title, today we are looking at Acer's iteration of a gaming behemoth - Acer Predator Helios 500. This 17.3-inch monster of a device houses the latest [...]

Pros

Super bright panel with a high contrast ratio and very punchy colors (covers 99% of Adobe RGB and 96% of DCI-P3)

RGB keyboard backlighting

Decent upgrade options

PWM-free across all brightness levels

NVMe SSD enabled device with RAID 0 support

Workstation CPU

Cons

Heavy and bulky design

Price tag is also heavy

Short battery life

Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options

Acer Predator Helios 500 is the first laptop with proper Coffee Lake processor - the Core i9-8950HK we ever tested, so we were very interested to pop it open. Moreover, a device of this size should ha[...]